History

Menu

Cheeseburger and fries at a Fuddruckers

Fuddruckers is known for its large burger patties (up to one pound) and
self-service toppings bar. Customers first order a base burger,
either plain or with specialty toppings (like sauces, sautéedonions or guacamole). The burger is
then provided open-faced to the customer, who then takes it to the
toppings bar and adds fresh vegetables and seasonings. Fuddruckers
also offers multiple cheese toppings, including nacho cheese.

Foxwoods Resort Casino's
executive sous chef, Scott Ferguson, made one of the
largest commercially available hamburgers — weighing
29.6 pounds and costing US$250 — for the Fuddruckers
restaurant in the casino. The burger is 18.5 inches wide and
8 inches tall. At one time this was the Guinness World
Records-verified world's largest burger; however, that record has
since been taken by Bobs BBQ in Thailand.

Locations

Fuddrucker's in Laredo, Texas, is located across from the south side of
Mall del Norte

Fuddruckers has expanded out of the United States and now has
branches in Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt, Qatar,
United Arab
Emirates, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The first Fuddruckers in the
Middle East was opened in May 1994, by Arabian Food Supplies in
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Fuddruckers now has 8 branches in
Saudi Arabia.

Fuddruckers has one restaurant in Canada, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,[2] which
remains popular. Other restaurants were tried in other parts of
Canada for several years, all eventually closing. There are
currently four restaurants in Puerto Rico. There were also
restaurants in Mexico City, but eventually all closed after a few
years. Restaurants opened in Australia at a suburban Sydney shopping centre named the Macquarie
Centre and at the Eagle Street Pier Precinct in central Brisbane in the mid-1990s;
however, both restaurants have since closed.

Ruckers

During 1992, owners of the Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan location also opened up a nearby go-kart track,
mini-golf and arcade center dubbed the "Fuddruckers Fun Centre".
This separate business was eventually renamed to Ruckers,[3]
becoming its own chain, opening Family Fun centers in various
cities throughout Western Canada becoming more popular than the
Fuddruckers chain. Unlike the original location in Saskatoon, most
of the Ruckers chain locations were limited to providing arcade
games, prize redemption and birthday party services similar to Chuck E. Cheese. During the later half of
the 2000s, several Ruckers locations were closed down, citing
financial difficulties. As of the end of 2008, the original Ruckers
location in Saskatoon remains operational.